12 Steps & 12 Questions

12 Steps & 12 Questions

Inspirational stories of recovery from addiction.

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February 5, 2025 76 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Sam recalls being her mother's "well-groomed doll" as a child, decades in active addiction and falling to her knees in AA begging for freedom. New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this "tandem episode" with Lisa W, Ted reveals he also suffered sexual abuse as a child, also found vulnerable people and contracted STDs in active addiction, and he shares how recovery has allowed him to build a new and wonderful relationship with his ex-partner and children. New episodes drop...

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January 22, 2025 51 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Lisa speaks of suffering sexual abuse as a child, remembers being insulted and contracting STDs because of her sexual acting out and revels in having found peace of mind and the many gifts of recovery. New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this second of our double episode with a mother and son in recovery, Ollie speaks of his mother's alcoholism not having a major influence until his teens, recalls the pain of being kicked out by her and affirms that he now realises that it was the best thing she could have done for him.

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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this first of a double episode with a mother and son in recovery, Sue recalls fear keeping her sober through pregnancy, remembers drinking and using with her teenage son and now speaks with delight about their shared recovery journey

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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January 1, 2025 77 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Luke recalls the painful bullying he endured in childhood, speaks of his isolation in addictive addiction and how he found a Higher Power even though he was "99% atheist and 1% agnostic".

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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December 25, 2024 86 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. Texas T got sober on a Christmas Day and as fate would have it, this episode is published on a Christmas Day. Join us for a rock and roll episode full of wit and humour, or as Texas T puts it, "I ended up in recovery cos I wouldn't have made a very good bag lady."

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December 18, 2024 66 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Sean recalls how he lost a good career to his crack addiction, reveals how he had to move from a "Santa Claus God" to a Higher Power personal to himself and jokes that with almost 34 years he's older in sobriety than Cocaine Anonymous in London.

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December 11, 2024 66 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Kathryn recalls the devastating loss of her father when she was a teenager, speaks of the “addict's logic” of hurting herself with drugs to “get back at her husband” and gives tribute to the Cocaine Anonymous helpline - her first port of call in surrender and the beginning of her re...

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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Thierry recalls how drugs and alcohol "filled the hole in his heart" until he suffered a crack induced heart attack, and he shines with Big Book knowledge and being "happy, joyous and free." 

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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November 27, 2024 68 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jenny speaks of her childhood conditioning to be a submissive carer, recalls the bitterness and resentment at her alcoholic husband and reveals how Al Anon helped her turn this bitterness into love and compassion.

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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November 20, 2024 75 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Nigel recalls constantly clinging to his mum’s leg as a child, explores grandiosity as a characteristic of the addict and speaks of how men are sabotaged in recovery by their conditioning. 

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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November 13, 2024 59 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Lisa recalls being rejected by her dad as a teenager, warns of the dangers of laced street drugs and reveals what it’s like to meet one’s life partner very early in recovery.

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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November 6, 2024 62 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Mike reveals how he disappeared into a world of fantasy and acting out, speaks candidly of having to come out to his wife and his mother, and shows immense gratitude for the gifts of recovery.

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Andie speaks of her childhood experience as a transgender person “being born in the wrong body”, vividly recalls her militant atheism at the beginning of her recovery journey and reveals that the steps turned her into an Omnist who believes in all religions.

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October 23, 2024 52 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Andrew speaks of his decades of addiction to alcohol, heroin and crack, recalls losing everything, including the will to live, and speaks glowingly of an encounter in a treatment centre which helped him turn his life around.

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October 16, 2024 75 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery. In this episode Jo speaks of her struggles with different forms of food addiction: compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia; recalls “switching” from food to codependency for many years and speaks lovingly of her Higher Power and Her support.

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October 9, 2024 91 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.

In this episode Jay recalls how the horrific abuse he suffered as a child continued into his adult life, explains that laughter is “the music of AA” and reveals how recovery lead him to his calling in life, his work with the dying.

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October 2, 2024 57 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.

In this episode Tiina shares painful memories of drinking her morning wine out of a “World’s Best Mother” cup, speaks of her need for male validation in active addiction and recites the serenity prayer in Finnish. New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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September 25, 2024 52 mins

In every episode of "12 Steps & 12 Questions" I ask each guest the same twelve questions about their life, addiction and recovery.

In this episode Sean speaks about his disbelief that God would love an alcoholic like him and how he’s found "stage 2 recovery" in ACA and the Emotional Sobriety movement. 

New episodes drop on Wednesdays!

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